Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.39M people in California with Italian ancestry (3.52% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Sonoma city had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (13.79%), followed by Discovery Bay CDP (13.60%), and San Anselmo town (13.49%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Italian ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in California.

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Related Topics: California ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021

Sonoma city

Discovery Bay CDP

San Anselmo town

Petaluma city

Corte Madera town

Healdsburg city

Danville town

Alamo CDP

Rohnert Park city

Ripon city

Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Sonoma city	13.79
2	Discovery Bay CDP	13.60
3	San Anselmo town	13.49
4	Petaluma city	11.89
5	Corte Madera town	11.15
6	Healdsburg city	10.88
7	Danville town	10.57
8	Alamo CDP	10.52
9	Rohnert Park city	10.45
10	Ripon city	10.25
11	El Segundo city	10.17
12	Martinez city	9.41
13	Clayton city	9.29
14	Monterey city	9.22
15	San Juan Capistrano city	8.82
16	Hermosa Beach city	8.76
17	Scotts Valley city	8.58
18	Newport Beach city	8.54
19	Pacifica city	8.45
20	El Dorado Hills CDP	8.36
21	West Hollywood city	8.13
22	Rancho Mirage city	7.99
23	Soquel CDP	7.96
24	Arcata city	7.95
25	Lafayette city	7.88
26	Oakdale city	7.86
27	Moraga town	7.83
28	Granite Bay CDP	7.82
29	Rancho Santa Margarita city	7.77
30	Alpine CDP	7.71
31	La Riviera CDP	7.70
32	McKinleyville CDP	7.68
33	Novato city	7.67
34	San Luis Obispo city	7.55
35	Placerville city	7.54
36	San Carlos city	7.52
37	Capitola city	7.45
38	Yucca Valley town	7.44
39	San Rafael city	7.41
40	Morgan Hill city	7.38
41	Manhattan Beach city	7.34
42	Ladera Ranch CDP	7.30
43	Coronado city	7.29
43	San Diego Country Estates CDP	7.29
44	Arroyo Grande city	7.26
44	Canyon Lake city	7.26
45	Live Oak CDP	7.22
46	Auburn city	7.17
47	Windsor town	7.16
48	Laguna Niguel city	7.14
49	Redondo Beach city	7.09
50	Rancho Palos Verdes city	7.08
51	Pacific Grove city	7.07
51	Palos Verdes Estates city	7.07
52	Belmont city	7.02
53	Sierra Madre city	7.00
54	Moorpark city	6.96
55	Shasta Lake city	6.93
56	Huntington Beach city	6.90
57	Folsom city	6.85
58	Cameron Park CDP	6.75
59	Dana Point city	6.74
59	Livermore city	6.74
59	Roseville city	6.74
60	San Mateo city	6.73
61	Thousand Oaks city	6.69
62	Simi Valley city	6.64
63	Santa Cruz city	6.62
64	Aliso Viejo city	6.60
65	Lincoln city	6.58
66	Galt city	6.56
66	Santa Rosa city	6.56
67	Burlingame city	6.54
68	Blackhawk CDP	6.52
69	Poway city	6.51
69	Rocklin city	6.51
70	Agoura Hills city	6.48
70	Coto de Caza CDP	6.48
71	Stanford CDP	6.46
72	Solana Beach city	6.45
73	Laguna Beach city	6.43
74	Lakeside CDP (San Diego County)	6.37
75	Larkspur city	6.34
76	Carlsbad city	6.33
77	Millbrae city	6.29
77	Orinda city	6.29
77	Pleasant Hill city	6.29
78	Benicia city	6.27
79	Palm Desert city	6.19
80	Pinole city	6.17
81	Laguna Hills city	6.16
82	Santa Barbara city	6.15
83	Lakeland Village CDP	6.13
84	Oakley city	6.08
84	Quartz Hill CDP	6.08
85	Stevenson Ranch CDP	6.04
85	Temescal Valley CDP	6.04
86	Walnut Creek city	6.03
87	Concord city	6.00
87	Magalia CDP	6.00
88	San Clemente city	5.95
89	Napa city	5.93
89	Santa Monica city	5.93
89	South Pasadena city	5.93
89	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP	5.93
90	Rancho San Diego CDP	5.88
91	Claremont city	5.85
92	Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP	5.84
93	Half Moon Bay city	5.83
94	Yorba Linda city	5.82
95	Los Osos CDP	5.79
96	Diamond Springs CDP	5.76
97	Albany city	5.75
97	Los Gatos town	5.75
98	Oak Park CDP	5.71
99	Brentwood city	5.70
100	San Bruno city	5.67
101	Encinitas city	5.66
102	Fair Oaks CDP	5.65
103	Atascadero city	5.59
103	Menlo Park city	5.59
104	Eastern Goleta Valley CDP	5.55
105	Grover Beach city	5.54
106	La Verne city	5.50
106	Lomita city	5.50
106	Murrieta city	5.50
107	Redding city	5.45
108	Bonita CDP	5.44
109	Chico city	5.42
109	Santee city	5.42
110	Santa Clarita city	5.34
111	Lodi city	5.33
112	Palm Springs city	5.32
112	South Lake Tahoe city	5.32
113	Costa Mesa city	5.30
114	Hollister city	5.29
114	La Quinta city	5.29
115	Orangevale CDP	5.28
116	Campbell city	5.26
116	Eureka city	5.26
117	Wildomar city	5.25
118	Carmichael CDP	5.23
119	Los Altos city	5.22
120	Mission Viejo city	5.18
121	Anderson city	5.16
121	Lake Forest city	5.16
122	Isla Vista CDP	5.10
123	Malibu city	5.09
124	Truckee town	5.08
125	San Buenaventura (Ventura) city	5.07
126	La Crescenta-Montrose CDP	5.06
127	Citrus Heights city	5.05
128	Burbank city	5.04
129	Menifee city	5.03
129	Rosedale CDP	5.03
130	Morro Bay city	4.98
130	Pleasanton city	4.98
131	Camarillo city	4.97
132	Del Aire CDP	4.93
132	Orcutt CDP	4.93
133	Monrovia city	4.90
133	Winter Gardens CDP	4.90
134	Laguna Woods city	4.86
135	Mountain House CDP	4.84
136	Redwood City city	4.83
136	Rossmoor CDP	4.83
136	Seal Beach city	4.83
136	Twentynine Palms city	4.83
137	Temecula city	4.82
138	Altadena CDP	4.81
139	Marysville city	4.80
140	Hillsborough town	4.79
141	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city	4.76
142	Calabasas city	4.75
143	Nipomo CDP	4.73
144	Mill Valley city	4.72
145	Castaic CDP	4.67
146	La Mesa city	4.65
147	La Cañada Flintridge city	4.61
148	Glendora city	4.59
148	San Francisco city	4.59
149	French Valley CDP	4.56
150	Arden-Arcade CDP	4.55
151	Gilroy city	4.52
151	South San Francisco city	4.52
152	Castro Valley CDP	4.49
153	Berkeley city	4.48
154	Norco city	4.47
155	Bostonia CDP	4.45
156	Alameda city	4.44
157	Davis city	4.40
157	North Auburn CDP	4.40
158	Clearlake city	4.38
158	Mountain View city	4.38
159	Carpinteria city	4.37
160	Oceanside city	4.36
161	Grass Valley city	4.33
162	Beverly Hills city	4.31
163	San Dimas city	4.28
164	Emeryville city	4.24